Improvement in horse hat-forks



w. E. DERRICK. Horse Hay-Fork. 1 No. 85.733- Patented Jan. 12,1859.

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WlLLLAM-E. DERRICK, 0 JORDAN, NEW YoRK.

I Letters Patent No. 85,733, dcted January 12, 1869. i

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-I'ORKS.

The Schedule-referred to in thale Latte" Patent and making part of the same,

To all it may concern: Q r

, Be it known that I, \VILLIAM E. DERRICK, of Jordan, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse Hay-Forks; and I do hereby declare that the follow-,

ing is-orfalk-elear, and exact deseriptionihereoflwhieh. will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying. drawings, form ng part of this specification, in w-hioh Figure 1 is a side view of my invention, showing the fOI k iD the position for elevating its load, and Figure 2is alike view, showing the forkin the discharging-position.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts;

This invention consists in a fork, pivoted in a bail,,' having a ointed arm and earn-leverv at its rear side or end,-by-which the fork is discharged, and whereby the bail-is held rigidly when in the discharging-position, so as to serve as a, handle for the op'erator'to guide the fork when pressing it into the hay, as hereinafter more fully explained.

1n the aceompanying drawings.- A i's-the fork;

, 'Bisthe hail,"

0 c,'the jointed discharging-armyamd; E, the cam-lever.

r The bail B is pivoted to each side of the fork, near :its rear end or head, 'and behind the bail is a short arm,

, O,'ptojecting' to-the rear, to which is jointed a vertical This bar 0 passes upward through e. guide, .b,on the upper part of the bail, and in the rear side of this guide is pivoted a cam-lever, E, for seeiu-ing'the bail rigidly in'the elevating-position, as shown in fig. 1, and in the discharging-position, also, as'seen in fig. 2.

r In the upper end of the herein a notch, 2', fig. 2, with which the caJnf-lever engages for the elevatingposition of the bail, and near the centreof bar 0 is a second notch or depression, h,fig. 1, with which the cam-lever engages to hold the bail B rigidly-in the discharging position, sov that the operatorean use the bail as'a fixed handle, to direct the fork when pressing it\ .into the hay.

, By this means I obtain a strong and simple discharging-device, and the loading of the fork is greatly facilitated.

, Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent,is,-= I

The fork A, bail B, jointed'arm .0 c, and cam-lever 1*], all constructed'and operated as herein shown, and 

